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Buick Apollo
The Buick Apollo is a compact car that was manufactured from 1973 to 1975 by General Motors for its Buick division. It was based on the GM X platform along with the Oldsmobile Omega, Chevrolet Nova, and the Pontiac Ventura. The car was named for the Greek god Apollo. It was available as a coupe, two-door hatchback, or four-door sedan. The two-door models were renamed Skylark for 1975; only the sedan carried the Apollo nameplate for that year. A total of 112,901 Apollos were built.
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Predecessor: Buick Special · Successor: Buick Skylark
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Overview
The Apollo was powered by a standard 250-cubic-inch (4.1 L) Chevrolet inline six or an optional 350-cubic-inch (5.7 L) Buick V8, available with either a two- or four-barrel carburetor. A three-speed manual transmission was standard, with a three-speed Turbo-Hydramatic optional. The Oldsmobile 260 was added as the base V8 option for 1975. Standard equipment on the Apollo included a semi-closed cooling system, manual brakes with finned front drums, coil spring front suspension with stabilizer bar, extensive use of insulation and sound deadening materials, flow-through ventilation system, full-foam seats, front and rear ashtrays, reinforced front bumpers, carpeting, roof drip moldings, and front and rear wheel opening moldings. Options included variable-ratio power steering, power drum or power front disc brakes, E78x14 bias-belted tires, custom cloth interior trim, convenience center storage compartment, tilt steering wheel, climate control air conditioning with low Freon detector switch, rear window defogger (blower), tinted glass, sport mirrors with drivers remote control, bumper protective strips with white accent stripe- front and rear, bumper guards front and rear, color-coordinated body protective side moldings, deluxe wheel covers, deluxe wire wheel covers, chrome-plated styled wheels (Buick rally wheels) and a custom vinyl top. Steel-belted tires were introduced in 1975. There was no conventional antenna mounted on the body of the car. Instead, two wires were embedded in the layers of glass in the windshield. The 1974 Apollo debuted with only subtle differences. A chrome strip above the grille and roof-mounted safety restraints were added. A GSX package became available on the coupe for 1974, however, it was purely cosmetic changes, lacking the performance upgrad
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Specifications
- name
- Buick Apollo
- Production
- 1973–1975
- Assembly
- Leeds Assembly, Leeds, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., Norwood Assembly, Norwood, Ohio, Van Nuys Assembly, Van Nuys, California, U.S., North Tarrytown New York, U.S., Willow Run Assembly, Ypsilanti, Michigan, U.S., Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
- Manufacturer
- Buick (General Motors)
- Class
- Compact car
- Predecessor
- Buick Special
- Successor
- Buick Skylark (1976)
- Body style
- 2-door coupe, 2-door hatchback, 4-door sedan
- Platform
- X-body
- Engine
- 250 CID Chevrolet I6, 350 CID Buick V8
- Transmission
- 3-speed manual, 3-speed THM350 automatic
- Wheelbase
- 111 in
- Length
- 200.2 in
- Width
- 72.7 in
- Related
- Chevrolet Nova, Pontiac Ventura, Pontiac Phoenix, Oldsmobile Omega
- Top speed
- 189 km/h
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Sources
- Wikidata — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q914061CC0 1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick_ApolloCC BY-SA 4.0 · Text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1353078851 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1973_Buick_Apollo.jpgCC BY 2.0 · Photo: Greg Gjerdingen from Willmar, USA · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.